Barbados lost their Davis Cup battle with Brazil 1-3 after a disappointing second day in Criciuma, Brazil, yesterday.
Beginning the morning with the rubber tied 1-1, the doubles pair of Darian King and Haydn Lewis stumbled to the much higher ranked duo of Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares 6-7, 5-7.

KINGSTON – Reigning champions Trinbago Knight Riders smashed the highest total in T20 franchise cricket on the way to inflicting a fourth successive defeat for Jamaica Tallawahs in the Caribbean Premier League on Friday night.

Top tennis player Darian King battled hot sweltering conditions in Criciuma, Brazil yesterday to set the customary Davis Cup template for the Bajan team by defeating homeboy Joao De Menezes 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 after two hours and 37 bruising minutes.

CAPE TOWN – Olympic 800 meters champion Caster Semenya will be officially awarded her gold medal from the 2011 world athletics championships at this year’s edition in Doha, but will not be there to receive it.

BASSETERRE – Barbados Tridents crippled St Kitts and Nevis Patriots with spin, bringing them back down to earth with a 18-run defeat, to claim their first win of the Caribbean Premier League on Wednesday night

After failing to qualify for the play-offs of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) for the last three seasons, Barbados Tridents have turned to highly-rated coach Phil Simmons in an effort to change their fortunes for the 2019 campaign.
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Barbados cruised to a 4-0 victory over Saint Martin in Group A of League C in the CONCACAF Nations League tonight at the Wildey Turf.
Omani Leacock opened the scoring for the hosts in the fourth minute, before Nick Blackman added the second before halftime.
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MANCHESTER, England – Steve Smith’s domination of England’s bowling attack in the Ashes series reached new heights on Thursday as his magnificent 211 led Australia to 497-8 declared on the second day of the fourth test at Old Trafford.
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Five-time champion Roger Federer is out of the US Open after Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov won a late-night thriller to finally beat the Swiss great.
Federer, 38, had won all seven of their previous meetings but unseeded Dimitrov fought back to win 3-6 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-2....
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ACKNOWLEDGING that team glory was no longer a priority, the Barbados Amateur Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation (BABBFF) is sending one of its smallest teams to the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Championships.
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KINGSTON - West Indies suffered another humiliating 2-0 series sweep when they lost the second cricket Test by 257 runs yesterday after batsman Darren Bravo retired hurt and was replaced by a concussion substitute in Jermaine Blackwood.
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IT WAS supposed to be The Last Man Standing, but two women upstaged all of the fighters when the Belfield Gym, in conjunction with the Barbados Boxing Association, staged a battle against Canada at the Wildey Gymnasium on Saturday night.
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ROLAND BUTCHER has hung up his hat as head coach of the Sports Academy at the University of the West Indies (UWI), but he is not out of the crease by a long shot.
The former first-class cricketer who played three Tests for England in 1981 began his tenure as head...
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Fast bowler Kemar Roach narrowly missed out on a hat-trick as West Indies stalled India’s scoring in the second session, but the home side was still facing a daunting target on the third day of the second Test here Sunday.
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Serena Williams needed a medical time out in the second set of her 6-3 6-4 win over Petra Martic on Sunday to get treatment on her right ankle but recovered to advance to the U.S. Open quarter-finals.
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